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Susan Sontag  

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  • As a prominent 20th-century social critic, Susan Sontag confronted a myriad of oppressive situations, from military occupations to the isolation of people with AIDS. Sontag saw social conformity in the United States and elsewhere as a dangerous flaw. She flouted both social and linguistic conventions, maintaining that art should defy analysis. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Sontag, Susan (1933–2004)]

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